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Josh Billings Quotes - Page 5

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Josh Billings (1874). “Everybody's Friend, Or Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor”, p.286

Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.

Josh Billings (1913). “Wit and Wisdom of Josh Billings [pseud.]: Choice Bits of Fun and Philosophy of the Great Humorist Carefully Collected and Revised”

The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.

"Puddin [sic] and Milk". "The Complete Works of Josh Billings". Book by Josh Billings, 1842.

Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for.

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Josh Billings (1874). “Josh Billings' Wit and Humor”, p.208